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Watching The Deterioration Of Truth – By Amir Tsarfati - https://harbingersdaily.com/amir-tsarfati-no-jews-no-news-watching-the-deterioration-of-truth/
(Galilee, Israel) — Shalom from Israel! I trust that all of you had a blessed time celebrating the birth of the Messiah. It is because of God’s love for us that His Son, Jesus, came to this earth to live, die, and resurrect to new life. Through Jesus’ sacrifice, we can receive eternal life, as we read in the gospels: John 3:16 KJV – “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” I pray that you take the joy and hope that come from a relationship with the Messiah with you into the new year. It is one that will certainly be interesting. I am optimistic when it comes to the things of God’s Word, because I know that He is working out His plan. However, I am very pessimistic when it comes to the state of the world. The influence of the enemy in all parts of the globe is steadily increasing, as people, even many inside the church, buy into his deceptions. I’ve watched this deterioration of truth firsthand, and I must admit that it has taken a toll on me. Being fully immersed in news of the massacre of October 7 and its long-reaching aftermath has been difficult enough. But to witness the widespread antisemitism, lies, fake news, and conspiracy theories makes it at times almost unbearable. As far as Israel is concerned, I believe that the worst of the war has not yet begun. Currently, there are only skirmishes taking place across our northern border. That will not last. Both Hezbollah and their Iranian leaders, as well as the generals of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), have their strategies planned for an all-out war across the Lebanese and Syrian borders. Undoubtedly, Israel will be blamed for the conflict. Public opinion continues to deteriorate toward Israel. Those who take time to learn the history of the region, to study the atrocities of October 7, and to accept as real the genocidal intentions of the Arab and Persian nations toward Israel will stand with Jerusalem and the people of the land. But the growing majority reject the truths contained in each of those areas, because, once again, they are buying into the lies of the great deceiver. It seems that everything that Israel does is vilified in the media and in international governmental settings. Yet, when other countries carry out true criminal acts and atrocities, the world is silent. I talk about this in a brief Breaking News Update I posted yesterday. As I’ve taken to saying, “No Jews – No News.” For instance, on Christmas Day a Greek Catholic Melkite Church in Iqrit, northern Israel, was struck by a Hezbollah anti-tank missile. The 80-year-old Christian who was guarding the church was injured. Twelve Israeli soldiers rushed to rescue this Christian man. When they did, Hezbollah fired another anti-tank missile wounding all twelve IDF soldiers, one severely. The Muslim terrorists had intentionally used the Christian church as bait to draw out the Jewish soldiers whom they knew would come to the man’s aid. Have you heard anything about this from the mainstream media? The United Nations and all the international courts, along with the liberal media, appear to be silent when it comes to 140 Christians in 20 Nigerian villages being brutalized and slaughtered on Christmas day by Muslim extremists. They won’t tell you that Pakistan is deporting more than two million Afghans back into a war zone. Why? Afghans are not Palestinians, so who cares? In West Darfur, Sudan, a genocide has left more than 9000 dead and 5.6 million people displaced. When is the last time you saw a story on West Darfur? Did you know that on Saturday the Turkish Air Force hit a clinic in their attack on 13 targets, killing innocent civilians? When was the last time you heard a detailed update on what Russian is perpetrating in Ukraine, or a mention of the fact that Moscow still has its military in Syria killing civilians? Rarely, if ever, will you hear about these stories of late. And, if you do, they are usually sandwiched between reports of Israeli supposed atrocities and its “indiscriminate” bombing in Gaza. Why? No Jews – No News. This is a trend that will continue. When you hear a lie long enough, it begins to sound like the truth. The “Jew bad, Palestinian good” narrative will continue to be drilled into the minds of the masses, and the world will soon forget October 7 and only see Israel’s response. What once was considered a legitimate reply to the atrocities and a necessary action for future protection will then be viewed simply as Jewish aggression. Within the framework of biblical prophecy, this fits perfectly like a square block into a square hole. Skirmishes with Hezbollah Late Tuesday night, the Israeli Air Force (IAF) struck several Hezbollah-related sites in southern Lebanon. In response the next day, two rounds of rocket attacks were fired across the border into Israel. The first round of 18 rockets was aimed near Rosh Hanikra, and the second of 16 was fired at Israel’s northernmost city of Kiryat Shmona. The Iron Dome intercepted most of the incoming missiles. However, some did penetrate the air defense and cause damage in Kiryat Shmona. Israel responded with more air strikes. Senior IRGC Leader Assassinated in Syria A brigadier general and senior member of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) was killed by an Israel airstrike on December 25 in Seyida Zainab, just outside of Damascus. Brig.Gen. Razi Mousavi was in charge of transferring weapons from Iran to the Hezbollah terrorist organization, so that they could be put to use against Israel. A couple missiles from the IDF ensured that the general’s employment was terminated. Hezbollah is the largest and most powerful of Iran’s proxy militias. If anyone ever doubted the connection between Hezbollah and the Islamist leadership of Iran, Mousavi could have been used as exhibit A. It’s Time to Shut Down the UNRWA The website for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) will tell you that their “human development and humanitarian services encompass primary and vocational education, primary health care, relief and social services, infrastructure and camp improvement, microfinance and emergency response, including in situations of armed conflict.” Sounds lovely. Humanitarian work at its apogee. However, in a recent interview, a Gazan man told the IDF that Hamas essentially ran the UNRWA. All the money and humanitarian supplies are filtered through Hamas, which takes all it needs and wants before passing on the small remainder to those in need. This is no surprise to anyone in the know. UNRWA has long been suspected of having ties to Hamas. This was confirmed recently when Hamas tunnels were discovered near UNRWA facilities, and reports came in of a UNRWA worker holding prisoner one of the October 7 hostages. It’s time the UNRWA was either completely revamped or, preferably, shut down. Do I have any expectation that the UN will do the right thing? No. Why am I skeptical? Well, the august international body, in their great wisdom, just made Dutch Deputy Prime Minister Sigrid Kaag the new Humanitarian Coordinator for Gaza. It will be her job to ensure the aid trucks to Gaza don’t carry non-humanitarian goods. Kaag’s husband was a deputy minister in the PLO under Yasser Arafat. What could possibly go wrong? Houthis Continue to Fire Missiles Within a ten-hour window on Tuesday, the American destroyer USS Laboon and USAF F/A-18 fighter jets shot down 12 suicide drones, three anti-ship ballistic missiles, and two cruise missiles, all fired by the Iran-supported Houthi rebels in Yemen. The terrorist weapons were all aimed at Israel or at shipping in the Red Sea. The Houthis have firmly established themselves as the irritating blister on the heel of middle eastern maritime transport. For some companies, they’re painful enough to cause a temporary shutdown in business in the area. Even though they are currently just an irritation, they can very quickly turn deadly if one of the cruise missiles aimed toward Israel makes it past the defense of the US fleet and Israel’s missile barrier systems. By the way, how often have you heard of the dire humanitarian water crisis in Yemen as a result of the Houthis? No Jews – No News. American Base in Erbil Attacked As Washington strives to cuddle up to Tehran, the Iranian proxy militia, Kataib Hezbollah, used a suicide drone to attack the American Erbil Air Base in Iraq on Monday morning. Three US troops were injured in the provocation. The American military responded with airstrikes on three facilities used by the terrorist group. Unfortunately, hitting the terror group without punishing their Iranian masters is akin to blowing your nose and claiming to have cured your cold. Japan Solidifies End of Pacifism Tokyo announced Friday an increase in their military budget of 16%, bringing it to over $56 billion. Additionally, they will spend another $300 billion through 2027, and will bring their annual military budget up to a level that will make them the third-biggest military spender after the United States and China. With the growing threat of Beijing just across the East China Sea and the North Korean leader’s penchant for shooting off missiles, this increase is a necessary separation of Japan from Article 9 of their constitution, also known as the “pacifist clause.” Caroline Glick Warns Israel Perilously Dependent on U.S. Munitions, Biden’s 2-State Plan Would ‘Annihilate’ Israel – by Joshua Klein - https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/12/28/exclusive-caroline-glick-warns-israel-perilously-dependent-munitions-bidens-2-state-plan-would-annihilate-israel/ Israel has become dangerously dependent on American munitions, according to conservative Middle East analyst and commentator Caroline Glick, who is calling for Israeli self-sufficiency, while slamming the Biden administration’s push for a “hideously anti-Israel” two-state solution policy, declaring it a “plan to annihilate Israel, piece by piece.” Speaking with Breitbart News on Wednesday, Glick lamented Israel’s current state of reliance on America in terms of military production capacity. “Right now, we’re pretty much dependent on the United States,” she said. “We have some independent production capabilities, but it’s far from sufficient for our needs during war.” Glick addressed former President Barack Obama’s $38 billion 10-year aid package to Israel, which includes strict terms and limitations, while mandating all funds be spent on U.S. suppliers by the end of the deal. “Israel managed to put itself into a position in recent years, clearly since the 2016 Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) went into force, which essentially and deliberately required her to spend about 95% of the U.S. military assistance in the United States,” she said. “So, it’s really just a subsidy to U.S. military industries that forced the closure of a lot of the Israeli plants that were getting the contracts and moved production lines to the United States, [essentially] gutting Israel’s domestic military production capabilities because of the failures of a deliberate policy by Barack Obama,” she added. The MOU military aid package, signed in 2016, went into effect in 2018, and is set to last over a 10-year period until 2028. According to Glick, to the extent that it is able to, Israel “should not sign another one.” “Whether we’re going to be able to fight Hezbollah or not — and to what extent — really is the question,” she explained, owing to Israel’s dependence on the U.S. for munitions. The U.S. is reportedly restraining the Jewish state from striking Hezbollah amid increasing tensions in Israel’s north. In an urgent call, President Joe Biden persuaded Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to halt a planned pre-emptive strike against Hezbollah in order to avoid escalating into a wider Middle East conflict, according to the Wall Street Journal (WSJ). Hezbollah, a Lebanese Shia Islamist political party and terrorist group, poses significant security concerns to Israel and has contentious relations with the United States. Hezbollah’s military strength has grown considerably, at times surpassing the capabilities of the Lebanese Army. With support from Iran and political backing from Syria, the group has expanded its activities beyond Lebanon, notably participating in the Syrian Civil War alongside the Assad regime. The United States, along with several other countries and international organizations, designates Hezbollah a terrorist organization due to its involvement in terror activities, including attacks against American, French, Israeli, and other targets. In 1983, Hezbollah bombed the Beirut Marine barracks in Lebanon, killing 241 American servicemen in what was one of the deadliest pre-9/11 attacks against the U.S. Speaking at a White House event marking the 35th anniversary of the attack in 2018, then President Donald Trump stated that, “No terrorist group other than al Qaeda has more American blood on its hands.” The United States’ provision of aid to Israel serves a range of strategic, political, and economic interests. Key among these is Israel’s role as a crucial strategic ally in the Middle East, a region of great geopolitical significance. This alliance facilitates vital intelligence sharing, especially on regional threats and counterterrorism, enhancing U.S. national security. The collaboration in military research and technology, leveraging Israel’s advanced military capabilities and combat experience, is invaluable for U.S. defense innovation. Additionally, the relationship bolsters regional stability and supports the U.S. policy of promoting democratic values in a predominantly volatile area. Economically, the U.S. benefits significantly as most of the aid is channeled back into the American defense industry, supporting domestic jobs and technological advancements. Politically, the U.S.-Israel alliance maintains American influence in Middle Eastern affairs and helps in navigating complex international diplomacy, including the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. U.S. military aid to Israel, with a significant portion dedicated to missile defense and other cooperative defense programs, constitutes less than 0.1% of the U.S. federal budget of over $6 trillion in 2022, and is minimal compared to the vast U.S. military budget of approximately $705 billion in 2021 and the significant foreign aid provided to other countries for various purposes. However, Glick argues that Israel should stop taking U.S. military aid, claiming its reception corrupts the country’s leadership and policy choices — influencing Israeli defense priorities to align more with Washington’s interests than Israel’s own strategic needs. Instead of being a client state vulnerable to changes in U.S. leadership, the American-Israeli columnist maintains that Israel needs to move the relationship to that of a “strategic partnership” that preserves the alliance and boosts Israeli independence. Glick is not alone in her stance, with others also expressing opposition to Israel’s dependence on U.S. aid. In July, an essay published in Tablet Magazine argued that U.S. military aid to Israel ultimately compromises its autonomy and economy, suggesting that ending the Jewish state’s dependency could lead to a healthier, more balanced partnership. Previously, former Israeli ambassador to the US Michael Oren wrote that there are “more secure and mutually advantageous alternatives,” suggesting that stopping military aid would put the US-Israel relationship on a “more equitable and durable foundation.” Glick also slammed the Biden administration’s continued push for a two-state solution, which she described as “hideously anti-Israel policy,” insisting the plan would “never play out.” “The policy itself is a hideously anti-Israel policy and it really must be acknowledged at this point that the two-state solution is not a peace plan — it’s a plan to annihilate Israel piece by piece,” she said. According to Glick, coexistence hinges on removing any Palestinian hope of harming Israel, effectively shedding their destructive societal goals: The only way that we’re going to reach some sort of a coexistence that’s at all peaceful with the Palestinians is if they have absolutely no hope of ever being in a position to hurt us again, because this is a society that’s organized solely around the principle and the aspiration that Israel has no right to exist and that they must seek and work towards its physical annihilation. “So until they’re divested of all hope of ever achieving their dreams, of achieving their goals, they’re going to continue to try to murder us because there’s no positive narrative that currently animates Palestinian society,” she added. Citing a biblical phrase, expressive of the ultimate tranquillity and security in the future, she contrasted the hopes of Israelis with those of the Palestinians. “We have a proverb that in the time of redemption, everybody will live in peace under his fig tree and his vine — that we will all live in peace in our homestead essentially,” she said. “The Palestinians can have no such thing because they don’t have any dream of living in peace.” “Their sole aspiration is Israel’s annihilation,” she added. “They don’t have anything beyond that.” She also argued that providing Palestinians with statehood or a military force amidst their current state only encourages terror. “So long as this society is organized in this way — and that goes for the Palestinians in Judea and Samaria (the West Bank) as well as the Palestinians in Gaza — there’s no prospect for peace at all,” she said, adding that “any effort to empower them with statehood, with sovereignty, or with an army, is essentially a U.S.-sponsored terror network against Israel.” The two-state solution, largely seen as a staple of foreign policy by U.S. administrations prior to President Donald Trump, has been widely lambasted as a colossal failure that overlooks the actual facts. Criticism of the push for a Palestinian state using Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas and his ruling Fatah party as peace partners centers around several key issues, chief among them being the broad support from Palestinians and their official factions across the board for terrorism. Furthermore, Glick took the opportunity to address Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s (D-NY) Christmas Eve post claiming the story of Jesus Christ’s birth paralleled the plight of today’s Palestinians, inverting the facts about both Jesus and contemporary Israel. “Christ was born in modern-day Palestine” as “part of a targeted population indiscriminately killed to protect an unjust leader’s power,” Ocasio-Cortez wrote on Instagram. “Thousands of years later, right-wing forces are violently occupying Bethlehem as similar stories unfold for today’s Palestinians,” she claimed, adding that Jesus and his family would be “Jewish Palestinians” if Christianity’s central figure had been born today. Hitting back at the remarks, Glick noted that, today, Jesus wouldn’t dare reside in Bethlehem due to entry restrictions on Jews. “If Jesus were alive today, he wouldn’t be living in Bethlehem because no Jew is allowed to enter Bethlehem today, and Jesus was of course Jewish,” she said. “So there’s no way he would be in Bethlehem.” She also highlighted how, since the Palestinian Authority’s takeover of the Nativity City in 1996, the Christian population has drastically declined due to persecution, with many being forced out of their businesses and properties, significantly altering the city’s demographic and cultural landscape. In fact, the Christian majority in Bethlehem, which was 87% in the 1950s, dwindled to just 20% in 2001, and 12% by 2016. Since the Palestinian Authority assumed control of Bethlehem in 1995, the Christian population has significantly decreased, with only about 10,000 Christians currently residing in the city of roughly 75,500 people today. Glick then addressed the true motivation to “cancel” Christmas in Bethlehem this year. “They forbade Christian decorations for Christmas starting in the middle of November,” she said. “No celebrations for Christmas were allowed to take place this year, because they had to show solidarity for the jihadists in Gaza who just erased the Christian population of Gaza after they took over.” WATCH: https://youtu.be/5su3Ad2Ifks She dismissed pro-Palestinian sentiment as “duplicitous double talk” owing to the fact that the Christians “understand that the Jews are protecting them, but they also know that the Jews won’t do anything bad to them.” In reality, she continued, Christians in Bethlehem are “terrified” of Palestinian terrorists from the Palestinian Authority who would “slaughter” them over any pro-Israel sentiment. On Friday, Glick criticized the shift from a large, traditional army to a smaller, technologically advanced IDF, aimed at adapting to post-Cold War realities, arguing that such a move has backfired, leaving Israel vulnerable, with its once robust domestic defense industry weakened and its military autonomy compromised. Earlier this month, Glick argued that the Biden administration is proposing an “Israeli defeat” in the country’s north and effectively “standing with Hezbollah against Israel,” while slamming a newly proposed resolution to the Israel-Lebanon conflict, warning it could strengthen the terrorist group and threaten both Israel and the U.S. She also suggested that such a push puts the U.S.-Israel relationship on a “collision course” which can only be avoided if the current administration abandons its “delusions” about Lebanon. Last month, she accused President Biden of being the “primary obstacle to Israeli victory” against Hamas in Gaza. 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Proof the Church Is Not in the Tribulation: Part 3 - By Ron Ferguson - https://www.raptureready.com/2023/12/26/proof-the-church-is-not-in-the-tribulation-part-3-by-ron-ferguson/ We continue this study proving that the Church must be raptured away before the Tribulation comes. Christians are not appointed to wrath, which is what the Tribulation is. The wrath of God is against sin in the horrific judgments of the Tribulation, and believers of the Church age are rescued from that. We are not appointed to wrath. We are not children of darkness, the darkness of sin in the Tribulation. [10]. THE EIGHTH SCRIPTURAL REFERENCE – BOTH COMINGS IN ONE VERSE The verse in the spotlight here is this one – Titus 2:13 “looking for THE BLESSED HOPE and the APPEARING OF THE GLORY OF OUR GREAT GOD AND SAVIOUR, Christ Jesus.” This verse is not saying the same thing twice. It is saying two separate things. Both future comings are found here. The first is the “blessed hope” or “glorious hope” in the AV. That is the Rapture, and it is blessed and glorious, for Christ comes to claim His Bride from the earth – all ages of history down through the years. It will be such a blessed time when raptured into His presence. The second part of this verse connects with the appearing of God, our Lord Jesus Christ. That appearing is His glorious manifestation in the Second Coming. We, the Church, leave heaven with our Bridegroom, having celebrated the marriage supper of the Lamb for the return to earth at the Second Coming. The Lord comes for the Battle of Armageddon and then steps on the Mount of Olives with His Church, the Bride. Those two comings, one for the Church, and one at the end of the Tribulation, are separated by 7 years. That is the length of the Tribulation on earth. The Church is in heaven for those 7 years. THE CHURCH DOES NOT, AND CAN NOT, ENTER THE TRIBULATION. [11]. THE NINTH SCRIPTURAL REFERENCE – DELIVERANCE FROM THE TRIBULATION This is a very precious promise for all believers, but let us look at it – Revelation 3:10-11 “Because you have kept the word of My perseverance, I ALSO WILL KEEP YOU FROM THE HOUR OF TESTING, THAT HOUR WHICH IS ABOUT TO COME UPON THE WHOLE WORLD, to test those who dwell upon the earth. I am coming quickly. Hold fast what you have, in order that no one takes your crown.” This is the message to the church at Philadelphia. In the book of Revelation, the Tribulation occupies the majority of the focus as it rages on the earth. The message here is that those who keep trusting the Lord will not enter the Tribulation. In other words, the true believers will have no part of that testing or trial coming upon the WHOLE world. The AV uses the wording “the hour of trial,” and that will be trial in tribulation. That section of chapter 3 is clearly telling us that the ones who faithfully belong to the Lord will be delivered FROM the Tribulation. It DOES NOT mean “delivered through the Tribulation.” It means “OUT OF,” “AWAY FROM IT,” or “RIGHT OUT OF IT.” The Greek word is “ek,” meaning “out, or out of,” having no part in it. The Lord is coming quickly. It won’t be long now. When the Rapture happens, it will be so quick, the Greek being “inatoma” (átomos), a particle of time that cannot be split. Less than a split second. There is a very wrong concept around that some hold on to. It is called “a partial Rapture,” where those said to be faithful to the Lord are raptured, but rather slack or worldly Christians are left behind to go into the Tribulation. It is false. Don’t listen to that. It is also elitist and judgmental. [12]. THE HEAVENLY PREPARATION OF THE BRIDE IN HEAVEN Recently, I wrote about the Church, the Bride of Christ. The Marriage Supper of the Lamb is recorded in Revelation 19:7 “Let us rejoice and be glad and give the glory to Him, for the marriage of the Lamb has come and His bride has made herself ready.” The Bride will not come to the wedding without absolute spotless purity typified by white linen – Revelation 19:8 “and it was given to her to clothe herself in fine linen, bright and clean, for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints.” The Church MUST BE in heaven for the Marriage preceded by cleansing and the giving of rewards. If the Church was on earth in the Tribulation, that could not happen. Before the Marriage happens, the Church needs full purification. In other words, when you enter heaven, the Lord has to deal with unconfessed sin and other issues, and then the Church is rewarded with such passages as this – 1Corinthians 3:12-13 “Now if any man builds upon the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw, each man’s work will become evident, for the day will show it because it is to be revealed with fire, and the fire itself will test the quality of each man’s work.” All that preparation must take place in heaven before the Second Coming, and the first verse in the chapter (Revelation 19) for the Second Coming is this one – Revelation 19:11 “I saw heaven opened and behold, a white horse, and He who sat upon it is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He judges and wages war.” The Church as the Bride returns to earth with her Bridegroom immediately after the Marriage Supper, absent from the earth for at least 7 years (we are speaking about the entire Church). The Church has no part in the Tribulation. [13]. WHICH GOSPEL IS BEING PREACHED NOW AND IN THE TRIBULATION? This next evidence is very clear in scripture, but some find it obscure, and others ridicule it. Those who have a good understanding of eschatology realize the truth of it. The gospel that is being preached in the world today is not the gospel that will be preached in the Tribulation. I hope that does not come as a shock to you, but we will go through it. THE GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM Matthew is the only evangelist who covers the Gospel of the Kingdom. Matthew is the Jewish gospel, and it contains things that are not covered in deeper detail in other Gospels. Matthew gives the full account of conditions in the Kingdom in the Sermon on the Mount. He gives the fullest account of the parables relating to the Gospel of the Kingdom in Chapter 13. He has the fullest account of the Tribulation in Chapter 24. Chapter 24 is most significant because it is answering a question – Matthew 24:3 “As He was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately saying, ‘Tell us, when will these things be, and what will be the sign of Your coming and of THE END OF THE AGE?'” The end of the age is the end of the Tribulation, which is the Second Coming. Note that John does not mention anything from the Olivet Discourse (Matthew 24, which is for the Jews) in his Gospel, and he wrote in AD 96 after the destruction of Jerusalem, well into the Christian era. Let us hold Matthew 24 there for a moment and look at what John the Baptist preached right at and just before the beginning of Jesus’ ministry. Matthew 3:1-3 “Now in those days John the Baptist came preaching in the wilderness of Judea saying, ‘REPENT, FOR THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IS AT HAND.'” This is the one referred to by Isaiah the prophet saying, “The voice of one crying in the wilderness. Make ready the way of the Lord. Make His paths straight!'” Matthew 3:6 “and THEY WERE BEING BAPTISED by him in the Jordan River AS THEY CONFESSED THEIR SINS.” John the Baptist was preaching the Gospel of the Kingdom, which is a different gospel from the Gospel of grace of the Church age, because Jesus had not yet died, and that is the basis of the Christian gospel. What John taught was Repentance followed by Confession of sins in baptism (immersion). That gained entrance into Messiah’s Kingdom, for it was at hand. Messiah was to set up His Kingdom on earth described in the Old Testament. Those who repented and confessed their sins in baptism were waiting for Messiah to come to install His Kingdom. John knew it was the Lord, and incidentally, down the track just a little bit, when the expected Kingdom had not been set up, John sent a message from prison: Matthew 11:1-4 “It came about that when Jesus had finished giving instructions to His twelve disciples, He departed from there to teach and preach in their cities. Now when John in prison heard of the works of Christ, he sent word by his disciples, and said to Him, ‘ARE YOU THE EXPECTED ONE, OR SHALL WE LOOK FOR SOMEONE ELSE?’ and Jesus answered and said to them, “Go and report to John what you hear and see.” When Jesus began His ministry, what did He preach? Well, as King of the Jews and Messiah, He preached the gospel of His Kingdom – Matthew 4:23 “Jesus was going about in all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and PROCLAIMING THE GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM, and healing every kind of disease and every kind of sickness among the people.” It was the same gospel that John the Baptist preached. IF THE NATION REPENTED THEN, THE KINGDOM WOULD HAVE BEEN SET UP. It did not repent, and as a result, the gospel went to the Gentiles. A short time passed, and we see Jesus preaching the same Gospel – Matthew 9:35 “Jesus was going about all the cities and the villages, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming THE GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM, and healing every kind of disease and every kind of sickness.” Then, a dramatic change happened. Matthew records Jesus and the disciples in the grain field – Matthew 12:1-4 “At that time Jesus went on the Sabbath through the grain fields and His disciples became hungry and began to pick the heads of grain and eat, but when the Pharisees saw it they said to Him, ‘Behold, Your disciples do what is NOT LAWFUL TO DO on a Sabbath,’ but He said to them, “HAVE YOU NOT READ WHAT DAVID DID WHEN HE BECAME HUNGRY, he and his companions – how he entered the house of God and they ate the consecrated bread which was NOT LAWFUL FOR HIM to eat, nor for those with him, but for the priests alone?” This is a watershed moment. What is Jesus doing? Well, He broke the Law of Moses. Was He guilty? No, He was not. What did the reference to David mean? David was the rightful king in rejection at that time. The nation had rejected him at that point. Therefore, the sacred bread was of no consequence because the nation had set aside the Law of Moses. Now, look at Jesus, who made reference to David. Jesus was the rightful King in rejection by His nation. At that stage they were not repenting, not responding to the gospel of the kingdom. The Law had been set aside nationally, so what Jesus did was not unlawful. His statement here, where he apparently disregarded the Law, was the testimony that He had been set aside by the faithless leadership. From that time onward, Jesus did not preach the Gospel of the Kingdom anymore, but then the cross lay ahead of Him, and He revealed that to His disciples: Matthew 16:21-22 “FROM THAT TIME Jesus Christ began to show His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem and SUFFER MANY THINGS from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and BE KILLED, AND BE RAISED UP ON THE THIRD DAY, and Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him saying, ‘God forbid it, Lord! This shall never happen to You.'” Well, the Gospel of the kingdom was not preached and was set aside, BUT one day, it will be preached again after the Church has been removed. The church’s mission is to teach and preach the Gospel of grace during the time of Israel’s darkness, but once the Church is raptured to heaven, then the Gospel of the kingdom is preached again. Here is the reference (speaking down through the future to the Jewish Tribulation people): Matthew 24:9-14 “Then they will deliver you to TRIBULATION and will kill you, and you will be hated by all nations on account of My name. At that time many will fall away and will deliver up one another and hate one another. Many false prophets will arise and will mislead many. And because lawlessness is increased, most people’s love will grow cold. But the one who endures to the end, he shall be saved. THIS GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM SHALL BE PREACHED IN THE WHOLE WORLD for a witness to all the nations, and then THE END shall come” (answering the disciples’ question about when the age would end). In the Tribulation, the preaching will be very similar to what Jesus and John preached – repentance and confession, and I also believe it will have baptism while confessing sins, just like what John and Jesus in His early ministry preached. It is the gospel of the coming Kingdom to be set up by Messiah at the Second Coming. If the Church was in the Tribulation, it would continue preaching the gospel of grace, which is preached today and has been its gospel for 2000 years. That gospel is not preached in the Tribulation, but the gospel of the kingdom is. That proves the Church is not in the Tribulation. [14]. THE SHOUT IS BEFORE THE PROCLAMATION OF PEACE AND SAFETY Number 14 is a quotation taken from a posting on Bible Truth Publishers by Bruce Anstey titled, “The Church Will Not Go Through the Tribulation.” The “shout” referenced above is the shout in the Rapture. Peace and safety explained. The apostle Paul, in his epistle to the Thessalonians, clearly puts the Rapture (1Thessalonians 4:15-18) as happening before the time of Tribulation, when “peace and safety” will be promised by the Beast and the Antichrist, through the false protection of the newly revived Roman empire (1Thessalonians 5:1-3). Furthermore, a closer look at the passage will show that those “caught up” at the Rapture (in chapter 4) are addressed as a different class of persons than those who are promised “peace and safety” in the Tribulation (in chapter 5). This is indicated by the change from the first-person plural to the third-person plural. The words change from “we” and “us” when referring to those caught up in the rapture to “they” and “them” when referring to those who will be promised false peace and safety in the Tribulation. This change is not by accident; the Spirit of God is indicating two different classes of persons. The raptured saints – the Church (1 Thessalonians 4:15-18), and those who will be living in the time of Tribulation. Paul, being a Christian, put himself among those who might be on earth when the Lord comes (the Rapture), saying “we.” But it is significant that he did not refer to himself among those who would be on earth during the time when “peace and safety” will be promised by the Beast. This, of course, is because he sought to set the hope of the Lord’s coming before the saints as an imminent thing, which is the Christian’s proper hope. [15]. CONCLUSION The Lord is wonderful who saved us. The Lord is wonderful who keeps us. He has completed all necessary for our salvation and will never bring us into divine justice and divine wrath, which is what the Tribulation is all about. God judges a blasphemous, unrepentant world whose sins have accumulated to the point of overflowing. That judgment falls in the Tribulation as the wrath of God is displayed openly. A believer can never be counted with the blasphemous world or with an unrepentant world, and for that reason, the wrath of God in divine judgment can have no part for the Christian. Christ settled all that for us on the cross. We are delivered from – (OUT OF) THE VERY HEART OF IT – the wrath of God. Like Lot, we are brought out of it (in the Rapture); and like Noah, we are lifted up OUT OF it, so we have no part in it. Any position other than the Rapture before the Tribulation begins is of Satan’s deception because he wants to destroy the composure, joy, comfort and certainty of believers. [email protected] I hope these three articles were of help in clarifying the truth of the Rapture preceding the Tribulation. There Is A Very High Price To Pay For Ignoring The Truth About God’s Chosen People – By Olivier Melnick - https://harbingersdaily.com/there-is-a-very-high-price-to-pay-for-ignoring-the-truth-about-gods-chosen-people/ This is usually the time of the year when I post a “Year In Review”, looking retrospectively at the last twelve months with respect to antisemitism, Bible prophecy and Israel. Unfortunately for us all, over the last two decades, I have not lacked stories to tell, lies to expose and truth to teach. Is 2023 any different from the previous years and is it significant for our civilization? The answer can be found in the events of October 7, 2023, when Hamas committed the brutal murder of 1,200 Israelis in one day (the highest Jewish death toll since the Holocaust.) and took over 200 hostages into Gaza. October 7 was not just a terrible terrorist attack in Israel, but it was an existential attack on Western civilization. Some sixty years ago, Yasir Arafat, the Egyptian-born leader of the Palestinian Liberation Organization, started planting the seeds of historical revisionism in the Middle East. His then farfetched approach to the Palestinian people being refugees in their Israel-occupied land didn’t take root immediately, but the seed was planted. It has been watered by liberalism and an increasingly Marxist-leaning left faction. Additionally, it is being fertilized by post-modern social justice militants around the globe. Fast forward to 2023 in the Middle East and the rest of the world by proxy and the roles of victims and perpetrators have been switched. This reverse narrative founded on lies and historical revisionism has now fully blossomed and the world is buying it…No questions asked. The result is an exponential hatred of Israel and by proxy, the rest of the Jewish people in the entire Diaspora. Historically, this is yet another conflict in the Middle East, but biblically, it is one of the last few bricks in the foundational wall of the end times! The world is currently being conditioned for the final chapter of HIStory before the return of the Messiah to establish His Millennial Kingdom, and just as the Bible predicted, it will all hinge around Israel and Jerusalem (Zechariah 12; Ezekiel 36-38.) But really, is Zechariah 12:3, “It will come about in that day that I will make Jerusalem a heavy stone for all the peoples; all who lift it will be severely injured. And all the nations of the earth will be gathered against it”, to be taken literally? Of course, it is! We should be concerned and heavily burdened for the Jewish people but not surprised. Keep in mind that if Zechariah 12:3 is to be taken literally, 12:9 also is, “And in that day I will set about to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.” Is the world truly guilty of willful ignorance? Are all the nations going after the Jewish people, or am I a conspiracy theorist seeking cheap validation from the world? After all, maybe the way that people are looking at the Hamas/Israel war is accurate, and I am biased toward my own people. Or is it possible that the world is again joining the bystanders of yesteryear and looking the other way while Jewish people have been slaughtered in Israel and are being demonized everywhere else? Being a bystander in that situation would be bad enough, but I fear that many people are also turning into perpetrators and that 2023 will be remembered as the year that changed everything for Israel AND for our civilization. • Amsterdam (December 2023): Pro-Palestine leaflets dropped in a shopping Mall accompanied by an announcement about the Genocide of children by Israel in Gaza. No mention of the 1,200 Israelis butchered by Hamas first. • Paris and suburbs (November 2023): Stars of David were painted on Paris buildings to identify where Jewish people lived, very reminiscent of 1938 Kristallnacht. No mention of the 1,200 Israelis butchered by Hamas first. • China (October 2023): Internet antisemitism is at an all-time high. • Sidney (October 2023): A pro-Palestinian rally took place at the Sidney, Australia Opera House, where chants of “Gas the Jews” were heard. No mention of the 1,200 Israelis butchered by Hamas first. • London (October 2023): A man was arrested for tearing down posters of the Israeli hostages in Gaza, claiming they were spreading false information. No mention of the 1,200 Israelis butchered by Hamas first. • United States (December 2023): Harvard President Claudine Gay wouldn’t condemn Hamas and claimed that context had to be considered when “calling for the genocide of Jews.” No mention of the 1,200 Israelis butchered by Hamas first. Did the world turn against the Allies when they joined forces to obliterate the Nazi regime? Were the “poor Nazis” the recipients of global humanitarian aid and did they become the poster boys for social justice, activism and resistance? Of course not, so why is the world still rooting for the terrorist organization that is Hamas and demonizing Israel? Simply put, this has everything to do with the Bible and God’s final plan for the ages. If you are still on the fence over the infallibility of the Bible and the existence of God, now would be a very good time to trust both as we are seeing all the predicted events falling into place like never before. If we trust the Bible–and we should–then God will never completely forsake Israel (Jeremiah 31:35-37) and He will catch up with all her enemies (Zechariah 12:9). Unfortunately, there will be great casualties, as 2/3 of the Jewish people will perish during the Tribulation (Zechariah 13:9). Before that terrible event takes place, Christians have a great opportunity to expose their Jewish friends to the only true Messiah, Yeshua (Jesus) of Nazareth (Isaiah 52:13-53:12). The number of casualties can be reduced since God only gave us a percentage, not an exact number. Sadly, the world is ignoring the truth about the Hamas/Israel war and about who God is and His promises to us and Israel. The Bible also tells us that to become part of God’s family for all eternity and be spared the upcoming Great Tribulation, we must put our trust in the finished work of Yeshua, who gave His own life as a ransom for ours, was buried, rose again, ascended to heaven and will physically return one day to reign on earth from Jerusalem on the throne of David. If you are looking for New Year’s resolutions, why not trust in Yeshua today if you never have before? And if you already are part of God’s family, why not support Israel in 2024? There has never been a better time to embrace the truth about God and the truth about Israel. What To Watch In 2024 – Bill Perkins - https://compass.org/what-to-watch-in-2024/ What Is a Black Swan Event? Definition: A black swan event is an unlikely and unpredictable event with significant consequences, such as the Wall Street Crash of 1929 and Great Depression, the dissolution of the Soviet Union, 9/11 terrorist attacks and the COVID-19 pandemic. I'm thinking the Rapture would be considered a black swan event! What To Watch In 2024 2024 should be a wild and woolly year! Before discussing what may be coming in 2024, it’s imperative to have a firm grasp on the fact that God is in 100% control. He has promised in scripture that things will be basically normal up until the Rapture when all Hades breaks loose around the world. So when you read the rest of this article, there is no reason to fear the future because God’s predetermined where we are and where we’re going. Our job is simply to line up with God’s Word. Comfort from the Old Testament: Do not fear, for I am with you; Do not anxiously look about you, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, surely I will help you, surely I will uphold you with My righteous right hand. Behold, all those who are angered at you will be shamed and dishonored; Those who contend with you will be as nothing and will perish. You will seek those who quarrel with you, but will not find them, those who war with you will be as nothing and non-existent. For I am the LORD your God, who upholds your right hand, Who says to you, “Do not fear, I will help you.” Is. 41:10-13 Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me. Psa. 23:4 Comfort from the New Testament: For God has not given us a spirit of timidity [fear], but of power and love and discipline. 2Tim. 1:7 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of His might. Put on the full armor of God [a solid working knowledge of scripture], so that you will be able to stand firm against the schemes of the devil. Eph. 6:10-11 So, with all those comforting verses in mind, let’s look at what might be ahead in 2024 and how God wants to use us in the lives of those in our sphere of influence in the coming year. The big question most Believers have today is how much prophetic fulfillment will we see before the Rapture? It’s not clear, but I believe that when you compare Matt. 24:37-39 to Rev. 18, it shows Believers will continue to have food, building, electricity, parties, etc., right up to the Rapture. Watching all these last days’ prophecies come together just means the loud and boisterous Rapture shout is getting very, very close. We don’t know for sure when the Rapture will happen, but I personally think the last trumpet blowing on the last day of Rosh Hashanah (whichever year) is a good guess. So today the Globalists/Satanists continue to push the “all is well” narrative while we easily see 2000-year-old prophecies falling into place that tell us the world’s about to fall off a cliff. Yes, it’s a bit unnerving to watch but helpful to know what we’re being rescued from. But regardless of when the Rapture will happen, the Lord has instructed us to watch all these signs for comfort knowing our rescue before the wrath is close. In 1Thess. 4, after verses that explain the Rapture, Paul concludes with: Therefore comfort one another with these words. 1Th. 4:18 Therefore, with COMFORT in mind, here are five areas to keep your eyes on in 2024… 1) Israel Israel is God’s time clock to watch. As we surmised this past September, if we’re getting close to the Rapture we should see Israel moving to the world’s center stage. Let’s just say that in the last 75-80 days Israel is fast becoming the prophesied “burdensome stone” to the world. This is major because the Tribulation begins post-Rapture with a 7-year peace treaty between Israel and 10 nations from the old Roman Empire. The Daniel 2 image shows 5 nations are from the western Europe leg and 5 nations are from the eastern leg, which we call the Middle East. This may be why the countries (five from Europe—iron, and five from the Middle East—clay) have a hard time working together. “In that you saw the feet and toes, partly of potter’s clay and partly of iron, it will be a divided kingdom; but it will have in it the toughness of iron, inasmuch as you saw the iron mixed with common clay. As the toes of the feet were partly of iron and partly of pottery, so some of the kingdom will be strong and part of it will be brittle. Dan. 2:41-42 These nations are basically forced to make peace with Israel because after Israel soundly defeats the post-Rapture invasion of Israel by Russia, Iran, Turkey, etc. (Ezek. 38/39), the world will see God is with Israel. It shall come about in the last days that I will bring you against My land, so that the nations may know Me when I am sanctified through you before their eyes, O Gog [Russia].” Ezek. 38:16b “I will magnify Myself, sanctify Myself, and make Myself known in the sight of many nations; and they will know that I am the LORD.”’ Ezek. 38:23 After defeating Russia, et al., Israel will continue conquering her nearby enemies, turning on Syria, Lebanon, Gaza, etc. “In that day I will make the clans of Judah like a firepot among pieces of wood and a flaming torch among sheaves, so they will consume on the right hand and on the left all the surrounding peoples, while the inhabitants of Jerusalem again dwell on their own sites in Jerusalem.” Zech. 12:6 One of the enticements for the Ezekiel 38/39 invasion comes after Israel discovers a well-hidden massive gold and silver treasure estimated to be around $100 trillion. We believe this is tied to the yet-to-be-rediscovered Solomon’s hidden Temple treasures. Israel IS currently looking for them—albeit understandably quietly and behind the scenes. In summary: • Watch Russia, Iran and Turkey continue to line up against Israel. • Watch Israel continue to be a burdensome stone for the world. • Watch for Israel to discover trillions of dollars in gold and silver. 2) Banking and Finance A large number of normally rational financial people think we’ll see a huge financial problem in 2024. "Since 2009, this has been 100 percent artificial, unprecedented money printing and deficits: $27 trillion over 15 years, to be exact," Harry Dent told Fox Business Tuesday (Dec. 19). "This is off the charts, 100 percent artificial, which means we're in a dangerous state. I think 2024 is going to be the biggest single crash year we'll see in our lifetimes.” "If I'm right, it is going to be the biggest crash of our lifetime, most of it happening in 2024. You're going to see it start and be more obvious by May," the analyst claimed. "So if you just get out for six to 12 months and stuff stays at the highest valuation history, maybe you miss a little more gains if I'm wrong. If I'm right, you're going to save massive losses and be able to reinvest a year or year-and-a-half from now at unbelievably low prices and magnify your gains beyond compare.” Ed Dowd has an interesting explanation of what he thinks will cause this: WATCH: https://banned.video/watch?id=6511e044290e468e85c18f8e (Start at 14-minute mark) Some will argue we're already caught between a rock and a hard place as the U.S. Government is now paying over $1 trillion in interest every year. That's $2.7 billion per day. It's just a matter of time until that train wrecks. The most obvious thing the bad guys can do to ensure they stay in power is to collapse the financial system. A collapsed banking system would allow those in control to nationalize the banks—which will give them the excuse they need to institute their traceable digital dollar. This is often referred to by many as The Great Reset. This could be achieved in a number of ways with a cyber attack being most often discussed. But it’s also the last thing they’ll want to do since most of us pay some 40% of our income in taxes. They want the gravy train to continue on as long as possible while the band plays on. Just know they will do whatever is necessary, whenever it’s necessary, to retain power. They’re all in. Whatever it takes… a cyber attack (blamed on China) causing a bank holiday, a nuclear war, or any number of awful situations. The bad guys are ready to pull the plug when necessary. If you missed the link last week to The Great Taking, you should read or watch the free documentary. WATCH: https://thegreattaking.com 3) Excess Deaths and Disabilities This is a tough one to discuss as we all know people who are va((inated. But facts are facts and the data continue to show people are excessively dying and/or being disabled over normal established actuarial parameters. You’re just forbidden to mention it on FB, YouTube, etc. And the obvious and ever-present elephant in the room is that 99% of all these excess deaths and disabilities are happening to jabbed people. But the media, including Fox and Newsmax, are swayed by huge advertising purchases by Big Pharma—so they won’t talk about excess deaths. But they can’t cover up all these worldwide deaths forever and the word is slowly getting out. These excess deaths are continuing to rise and it’s only a matter of time until the cat’s out of the bag in the national media. There’ll be a lot of ticked-off people who will need some hand-holding when they have to admit they were duped into taking the shot. When the cat is finally out, it will affect everything—real estate, stocks, insurance rates, government, vehicle prices…everything! 4) USA Elections This is huge because our nation is under attack. Can those who are taking us down continue in power to finish the job? It is my contention (and I would LOVE to be wrong) that the Globalists/Satanists will never allow President Trump to be reelected. If Trump were reelected, too many people would go to jail for what they’ve been doing illegally. And if the bad guys are willing to kill millions worldwide via their fake va((ines, they would think nothing of murdering whoever gets in the way of their global government. So I believe the Globalists/Satanists believe they have the power to install their world government and they will never let go of their power. Taking down the USA is the last obstacle for their world government, so they stole the last election and will steal the next one too…whatever it takes. If they thought there was any chance Trump could win, they would arrange for SOMETHING major to happen to declare a national emergency, which Biden has the power to do at his discretion…meaning he could even suspend elections. The news is full of what polls are concluding… who is leading the Presidential election, etc. They want conservatives to think they have a good chance at winning. Don’t buy the lie. It’ll never happen (my opinion, again, I hope I’m wrong). Today we only have the illusion of freedom. We were founded as a republic with minority rights, but that’s long gone. A democracy is way different from a republic. In fact Thomas Jefferson warned that a democracy is no more than mob rule, where 51% of the people may take away the rights of the other 49%. Realistically, today we’re a fascist state that weaponizes the government and jails opposition. Recently I read where the FBI was creating a list of people who were a threat to the government. They admitted that 99% of those on the list were Trump supporters. The bad guys might be envisioning a civil war as their excuse to declare a national emergency. That list of Trump supporters would most likely be their target. That’s what communist countries do. Of course, there IS the possibility that the Lord wants Trump to be reelected. Hey, He did it once before. For there is no authority except from God, and those which exist are established by God. Rom. 13:1 And if God wants Trump in power, Trump will be back in. But other than a miracle of Biblical proportions happening, I don’t see it happening. I will definitely vote, a right given to us by our original Constitution. Hopefully your home state will withstand the NWO pressures to conform. 5) Our National Borders If you only needed one reason to prove we’re under attack as a nation, just look at our southern border. What a joke. Tens of thousands of illegals are crossing each week. Ten million (10,000,000) since the Biden regime took over. This unprecedented influx of illegal aliens is meant to both add to the democratic voter rolls and also contribute to our declining dollar. It is being coordinated by the bad guys. China is sneaking in military age men, for what reason? Muslim men between the age of 18 and 30 will soon outnumber the Spanish speaking hordes. And that brings to mind a verse regarding people dying during the Tribulation: And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of their testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God, Rev. 20:4b That verse is particularly interesting in light of Hamas’ Israeli massacre that included literal beheadings. And Muslims have moved into every European country as well. Hmmm… God’s got us here for a reason! Back before the foundations of the world were laid, God prearranged for us to be alive at this time of a dispensational change. Things will be quite different after the Rapture. Most people reading this have been given special Godly insight into what’s really going on. I know you’ve noticed that not everyone understands what you understand. I believe one of the reasons we’re here at this moment in time is to be a light pointing to Bible prophecies being fulfilled today. God seems to use Bible prophecy more than anything else to get non-Christians’ attention, and at this stage there’s a lot at which to point! Since God often uses Bible prophecy to pique someone’s interest in the Bible, it often leads to an open door to proclaim the Good News of Jesus’ death, burial and resurrection. When you were dead in your transgressions and the uncircumcision of your flesh [before you were saved], He made you alive together with Him, having forgiven us all our transgressions, having canceled out the certificate of debt consisting of decrees against us, which was hostile to us; and He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross [2000 years ago]. Col. 2:13-14 If you’re a Believer, 2000 years ago ALL your sins—past, present and future—were nailed to the cross. The sins you commit tomorrow were paid for 2000 years ago. This means you’ll be rescued from the coming wrath. Everyone should know they don’t have to be here to endure God’s SOON coming wrath. And if they miss the Rapture, they need to know they can still go to heaven! (6) That’s why we mailed over 100,000 of our Millions Missing? booklets last year. And this year we’re putting finishing touches on our new Before and After Rapture mailer to also be sent far and wide. I can’t wait to share it with you when it’s finished... and it’s close! We know Jesus is coming to rescue Believers. We know we’ll miss the horrible prophesied 7 years of wrath coming on the earth. So between now and the day of our sudden disappearance, we should be bold looking for opportunities to share with family and friends what’s dead-ahead! “Be strong and courageous! Do not tremble or be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”… Joshua 1:9 If God is for us, who is against us? Romans 8:31b Use us, Lord! Daily Devotion: Don’t Slow Down - by Greg Laurie – www.harvest.org And now the prize awaits me—the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give me on the day of his return. And the prize is not just for me but for all who eagerly look forward to his appearing. —2 Timothy 4:8 https://harvest.org/resources/devotion/dont-slow-down/ - Listen It isn’t enough to start well in the race of life; we need to finish well. It isn’t enough to run fast; we need to run fast and long. This is a long-distance run, and the goal is to make it across the finish line. As the apostle Paul neared the end of his race, he wrote to Timothy, “I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, and I have remained faithful” (2 Timothy 4:7 NLT). The Bible is filled with the stories of so many who had tremendous potential but crashed and burned in the spiritual race. There was King Saul, who had incredible potential, yet he disobeyed God repeatedly. He allowed pride into his life, which gave way to the paranoia and jealousy that ultimately consumed him. He essentially wrote his own epitaph when he said, “I have been a fool and very, very wrong” (1 Samuel 26:21 NLT). Then there was Samson, with his incredible ability to vanquish his enemies. On one occasion, he killed a thousand Philistines with the jawbone of a donkey. Yet he went down in flames. Because he played around with sin, sin ultimately played around with him, culminating in his own death. Gideon had such humble beginnings, yet God mightily used him to conquer his enemies. But as his life came to an end, he lowered his standards and fell into immorality and pride. These people started well, but they didn’t finish well. They ran fast in the beginning, but they didn’t get across the finish line as they should have. Paul wanted to be in the company of those who finished the race, men like Caleb and Joshua in the Old Testament who finished well. Hebrews 12 tells us, “Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a huge crowd of witnesses to the life of faith, let us strip off every weight that slows us down, especially the sin that so easily trips us up. And let us run with endurance the race God has set before us. We do this by keeping our eyes on Jesus, the champion who initiates and perfects our faith” (verses 1–2 NLT). We’re running this race not for applause, not for notoriety, but for the Lord. We run this race so that we can hear Jesus say to us on that final day, “Well done, good and faithful servant.” Looking to Jesus keeps us going, because we can get discouraged. People can let us down. They can disappoint us. That’s why we must keep our eyes on Jesus Christ. In the ancient Greek games, a judge would stand at the finish line holding laurel leaves, the reward given to the victor in plain sight. As runners came around the last stretch, tired and exhausted, they could see the prize awaiting the winner. And no doubt a new burst of energy kicked in. This is a long-distance run. So keep running. If you’ve been slowing down, it’s time to speed up. It’s time to move forward, because you are leaving a legacy. PROPHECY UPDATE NEWS HEADLINES Yesterday's Prophecies - Today's Headlines HEADLINES IN PARTNERSHIP WITH TRACKING BIBLE PROPHECY 12/29/23 http://trackingbibleprophecy.org/birthpangs.php
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